орон

Mongolian

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *oran, a borrowing from Proto-Turkic *orun. Originally the same word as ор (or), only with the unstable n generalized to all cases.

Compare Dongxiang oron, Kazakh орын (oryn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔrəŋ/, [ˈɔ̙ɾɞ̙ɴ]

Noun

орон • (oron) (Mongolian spelling ᠣᠷᠤᠨ (orun), definite plural орнууд); (regular declension)

1. place
2. country, territory
3. home, dwelling, apartment
4. station, office, position
5. role, purpose, stead

   миний оронд

   minii orond

   instead of me

6. institution, center
7. digit (numeral)
8. (obsolete, grammar) case
9. (algebra, physics) field

Declension

    Declension of орон

nominative	орон (oron)
genitive	орны (orny)
substantive genitive	оронд (orond)
dative-locative	орныг (ornyg)
definite accusative	орноос (ornoos)
ablative	орноор (ornoor)
instrumental	оронтой (orontoj)
comitative	орон руу (oron ruu)
directional	{{{9}}}

    Impersonal-reflexive possession of орон

general accusative	орноо (ornoo)
definite accusative	орныгоо (ornygoo)
genitive	орныхоо (ornyxoo)
dative-locative	орондоо (orondoo)
ablative	орноосоо (ornoosoo)
instrumental	орноороо (ornooroo)
comitative	оронтойгоо (orontojgoo)
directional	орон руугаа (oron ruugaa)

Synonyms

• (place, country): газар (gazar), нутаг (nutag), гүрэн (güren)
• (home): гэр (ger), байр (bajr)
• (case): тийн ялгал (tiin jalgal)

Derived terms

• орлох (orlox, “to replace”)
• бурхны орон (burxny oron, “paradise”)
• орон шорон (oron šoron, “prison”)

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Nanai

Noun

оро̄н (orōn)

1. reindeer

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Yakut

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *orun (“place”), possibly re-borrowed through Mongolic, compare Mongolian ор (or, “bed”).

Cognate with Bashkir урын (urın, “place; bed”).

Noun

орон • (oron)

1. bed